Lock for pockets.



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EDWARD ROSENBERG, OF'BROO'KLYN, NEW YORK.l

LOCK FOR POCKETS.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented June 19, 1917.

Application filed February ,11, 1916. Serial No. 77,697.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, EDWARD ROSENBERG, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of New York, borough of Brooklyn, county of Kings, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Lock for Pockets, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact specification.

This invention relates more particularly to a class of safety devices adapted to be used in conjunction with the pockets of garments.

My invention has for its object primarily to provide a lock adapted to be applied to the pocket especially of a garment whereby the pocket may be locked against being accidentally, or surreptitiously opened when containing a watch, or other valuables, and

which is formed so as to be easily operated when desired. This is accomplished mainly by providing an apertured .keeper adapted to be fastened on the inner wall of the pocket of a garment so as to be disposed in y inner wall of the pocket and passing entirely through the coat or vest whereby ac` an opening therein. Adapted to be applied to an opposed part of the outer wall of the pocket is a hasp member of less size than the aperture of the keeper, and which is pivoted eccentrically with relation to thecenter of the aperture so as to be swung in the radius of a circle for passage therethrough and then reversely swung on the keeper to confine it between the hasp member and the outer wall of the pocket whereby the pocket will be locked against being accidentally and surreptitiously opened.

A further object of the invention is to provide a lock for pockets of a simple and eiicient construction, and which is susceptib le of being made in any desired shape and size.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specication in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views, the said invention being more fully described hereinafter, and then pointed out in the claim at the end of the description.

In the drawing, Figure 1 is a fragmentary view showing part of a garment with one form of lock embodying my invention applied thereto.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view taken on the line 'II-II of Fig.1.

Ying in one of its faces a recess 12, and 4through the plate centrally of the recess is an aperture 13. While the plate 11 is illustrated as being circular it may be. of any suitable shape and size, and while'theaperture is shown as being substantially triangular it may bev otherwise formed as occasion requires. When the lock is applied to the pocket 14 of a garment, as 15, the keeper 10 is positioned on the inner wall 16 of the pocket so that its recessed portion will be disposed in an opening 17 provided in the cess may be had to the interior of the-pocket from the interior of the garment. The aperture 13 will then be in opposition to the outer wall 1S of the pocket,`and the plate l1 of the keeper may be fastened to the garment by stitches, or other means passed through holes, as 19, formed at spaced intervals through the plate as well as through the inner wall of the pocket.

Serving to cooperate with the keeper 10 for permitting the pocket to be releasably locked, a hasp member, as 20, is provided. The hasp member 2O is composed of a supporting plate 21 which is preferably similar in shape and size to the plate 11 of the keeper 10, and this supporting plate is fastened by stitches, or other means passed through spaced holes 22 in the plate to the inner surface of the outer wall 18 of the pocket so as to be in opposed relation with the plate 11 of the keeper. Projecting from the supporting plate 21 toward the plate 11 is a pin 23 disposed eccentrically with respect to the center of the angular aperture 13 of the plate of the keeper 10, and this pin is of a length whereby it will eX- tend some dist-ance beyond the plate 11 when guided through the angular aperture of the keeper. Rotatable on the free end of the pin 2.3 is a latch, or swinging arm 24 of a triangular form to correspond to the shape of the aperture 13 of the keeper, but this angular latch is slightly smaller than the aperture. As shown. one of the angular ends of thc latch is pivoted on the pin 23 to allow the latch to be swung in the radius of a circle to alineinent with the aperture 18 of the keeper for being guided therethrough. and to permit the latch to be manually swung projecting from the eX- posed face of the latch may be a knob7 or handle Q5. l

In order to lock together the parts of the latch when applied to the pocket of a garment7 as above explained. the outer wall of the pocket is moved toward its inner wall, and when the latch', or hasp Q1 is swung on its pivot on alinement with the aperture 13 of the plat-e 11 the latch is guided through the aperture. By then reversely swinging the latch it will be disposed on the keeper to confine it between the supporting plate 21 and the latch. T he pocket will there-by be locked against being accidentally, or surreptitiously opened when containing a watch, or other valuables. and by similarly operatingthe parts of the device for allowing the latch 2i to be wit-hdrawn through the aperture 13 of the plate 11 of the keeper the pocket may be opened to gain access thereto.

In the. foregoing description7 I have embodied the preferred form of my invention, but I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself thereto. as I am aware that modifications may be made therein without departing from the principle, or sacrificing any of the. advantages of this invention, therefore I reverse to myself the right to make such changes as fairly fall within the scope thereof.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent A lock comprising a circular plate having a centrally disposed circular recess provided therein, and having a triangular aperture centrally of the recess. the inarginal flange of said plate being provided with a series of perforations whereby said plate may be attached to an object, a second plate provided with a series of perforations in its outer edge whereby it may be attached to a second object opposed to said first mentioned object, a pin projecting from the second plate and located adjacent one corner of the first mentioned plate, said pin being adapted to pass through the aperture in the first mentioned plate and disposed eccentrically thereto2 and a triangular arm eccentrically and rotatably mounted on the pin and adapted to pass through the aperture in the first mentioned plate and then to be swung on the pin to confine the first plate between the arm and the second plate, substantially as described.

This specification signed and witnessed this 9th day of February A. D. 1916.

EDIVARD ROSENBERG.

litnesses C. SHIEGLEY, TW. T. CRISWELL.

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